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NETBSD'S PKGSRC See Also: Pkgsrc NetBSD's ''pkgsrc'' ports collection is distinctive in that it aims to be portable and is usable on a number of operating systems aside from NetBSD itself, including the other BSDs, Linux and other Unix-like s. ''pkgsrc'' was created in August 1997 based on the existing FreeBSD ports system. It follows a quarterly release schedule and as of January 2006 contains approximately 5500 ports. With their 1.4 release, DragonFly BSD announced that they would be adopting ''pkgsrc'' as their official package management system {Link without Title} . OPENBSD PORTS In contrast to FreeBSD ports, on which is was originally based, the OpenBSD ports system is intended as a source used to create the end product, s with descriptions and installation messages, any patches required to adjust the program to work on OpenBSD and a packing list listing the files to be included in the packages. The ports tree uses a set of standard makefiles, some of which are shared with the Source tree, to provide the bulk of its functionality; this shared infrastructure includes many utility functions for port developers and means that ports can often be made very simply. As a security precaution or an aid when developing new ports, port builds may be run using Systrace and a default policy is provided. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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